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Origami Kitty Tutorial

Kitty Origami

To keep in theme with *Kitty* Baby Love, we are including a free kitten with every purchase. They are tiny things, much smaller than the one in this tutorial. Use the following tutorial to make a family for yourself or to make siblings and parents for your new kitty =^_^=

Cost : $
Time : 5-10 min.
Difficulty : Medium

Making the Origami Paper

1. Find a piece of paper. Not a square? No problem. For this tutorial I used a page out of a magazine.

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2. Fold a corner into the page. It really doesn’t matter how you do it.
Tip : For less cutting, fold it so that it aligns along a straight edge of the page. (I couldn’t do that because one side of my paper is torn.)

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3. Cut away the part of the page that is still visible.

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4. Unfold and Viola! Perfect square.

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The Main Show: Origami Kitty

* The illustrated side will be the “right” side of my origami kitty. The “right” side is the side that shows when the kitty is completed. For a typical origami paper this means the colored side of the paper you are using.

5. Start on the “wrong” side and fold in a diagonal (already creased if you made the square in steps 1-5).

6. Fold as shown in the picture.

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* note the “right” side and “wrong” side

7. Keep going…

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8. Fold corners into edge.

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9. Unfold step 7. Fold opposite tip in as shown.

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10. Fold along dotted edge. Unfold. Repeat on opposite side.

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* First fold along this dotted edge, then unfold…

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* then fold along this dotted edge, and unfold.

11. Squash corners into centerline as shown. This should happen naturally from the creases made in step 10.

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Creating the Head

12. Fold as shown.

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* Bottom corners fold into a corner as shown. Top does not fold into corner- there is no real guide to this. The top part will be the upper head of the kitty; it can be as skinny or fat as you like.

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Creating the Ears

13. Open the flap to the left (as shown).

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14. Fold flap upwards as such. Unfold. Repeat on other side.

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15. Open back to center. Squash the part you just folded in step 14 inward to form the ear.

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16. Repeat on other side.

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Time for the Body

17. Now the tricky part! Holding the tip of the ear you just made, pull out the paper as shown.

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* start carefully pulling out

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* keep pulling…

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* you did it!

18. Repeat on other side.

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19. Fold into centerline as shown. Repeat on both sides.

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Kitty Hindquarters

20. I turned the piece 90 degrees clockwise. Fold in half on centerline.

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21. Fold inward at point.

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22. Fold one side inward as shown. There is no guide for this part; do it as much or as little as you like. It will be the back legs of the kitty. Repeat on other side.

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23. Fold tip upwards as shown. This creates the tail of the kitty. I line it along the bottom edge of the legs.

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* I fold it along the red line (imaginary in real life) as a guide- it is a straight line.

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Finishing Touches

24. Open up the front part of the kitty as shown

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25. Fold the tip of the face under a tad to create a rounder face.

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26. Push the front legs out a little so that your kitty can stand on its own, and tada, finished!